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Chapter Nine
When a person is in a catatonic state, no one knows what really goes on inside their brain. Well inside Joey's poor tortured brain he was fighting the demons that were attempting to take over and if they won then he would be lost forever. What hellish things that happened to Joey would make anyone want to disappear from reality and never come back. As Joey was fighting these demons, he saw another shadow and for some reason it didn't frighten him like some of the others.
In the mist of his poor mind, Joey saw a figure walking towards him and he closed his minds eye from seeing who or what it was and then he heard a familiar voice and as he looked at the figure he saw that it was of his deceased grandma Ginny.
Ginny was there to help her grandson chose life instead of the death he wanted. As she was talking to him, Joey was remembering his past and the funny things that he did and how she was the only one who knew if he was telling the truth or not. Ginny then smiled at him and his mind seemed to get more tranquil and then she said "Joseph William Wheeler, you listen to me and listen good. I know what those evil men did to you and what you were forced to do in order to survive and how you'd rather chose death over life so that you will never have to talk about those events again, but honey the only way to deal with them is to face your demons and reach out to the ones that love you and know that with their love you will be able to put your demons to rest. So get off you lazy butt and open your eyes and ask for help. I promise that when you choose to live it will bring more happiness to your life then laying here wallowing in self pity. So open your eyes Joseph, open your eyes and see who is standing waiting for you."
Serenity, Mary, Seto and Mokie were standing beside his bed and they were holding hands as Mary was saying a prayer and then Serenity said "momma remember when I was scare and couldn't sleep, remember the song that Joey always sang to me to make me feel better, can we sing it to him and maybe it will make him feel better." Mary smiled at her baby girl and realized how grown up she really was and she then said "well you begin and we'll join you."
Serenity began to sing the song and then Mary and to their amazement both Seto and Mokie knew the song and joined in singing too
He's got the whole world in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands.
He's got my brothers and my sisters in His hands,
He's got my brothers and my sisters in His hands,
He's got my brothers and my sisters in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands.
He's got the sun and the rain in His hands,
He's got the moon and the stars in His hands,
He's got the wind and the clouds in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands.
He's got the rivers and the mountains in His hands,
He's got the oceans and the seas in His hands,
He's got you and he's got me in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands.
He's got everybody here in His hands,
He's got everybody there in His hands,
He's got everybody everywhere in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands.
Ginny smiled at Joey and said "hear them singing, well it's for you and if you don't open your eyes and let them know that you are choosing life then I will kick your sorry butt. And remember that I will always love you and you will always be in the loving arms of our Lord."
To everyone's amazement Joey started singing the words of the song and as his voice joined theirs, tears ran down all their faces and they realized that Joey was coming to and as they all held hands and finished the song Joey opened his eyes and whispered "momma, is that you?"
Serenity stopped singing and she said "welcome home big brother."
Mary touched the side of her sons face and she said "Joey I'm so very sorry for all the hell you've had to endure because of that sick bastard of a husband that I married, can you ever forgive me?" Joey whispered "momma, you didn't know how sick he really was and I'm so glad that neither you or sis had to find out. I love you both and then he looked at Seto and he said "I love you." Then he went back to sleep and Mary rang for the Nurse. "Tell the doctors that my son has regained consciousness and is now resting peacefully."
They doctors came running and when they checked his vitals they were both amazed and so happy that he was going to be alright, but he still had a very long road ahead of him but with the loving support from his family and friends he would do just fine. Seto and Mokuba held each other as did Mary and Serenity and they all said a pray thanking God for bringing him back to them.
Seto called Solomon and asked him to "please let the others know that Joey had come back to them and to thank everyone for their prayers and support and that he wouldn't ever be able to repay them for what they did." Solomon had tears running down his face as he hung up the phone and when Yugi saw his grandpa crying he thought of the worse, but when Solomon told him the good news Yugi let out a yell "Joey's alright!" and that made Yami coming running to find out what was going on. When he found out about Joey he contacted Bakura and Marik and "told them and asked them to relate the news to the others."
As Joey slept, he didn't have any more nightmares he only slept with happy thoughts of being with the ones he loved.
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